Investigative policy analysis: Leveraging ethnography's postures to research secretive state policies in access-restricted authoritarian contexts
Published online on July 03, 2026
Abstract
Qualitative Research, Ahead of Print.
This article argues that the investigative postures and sensibilities inherent in ethnography can be synthesized with document-based policy analysis to assess secretive government policies in severely access-restricted contexts. It outlines ‘Investigative ...
This article argues that the investigative postures and sensibilities inherent in ethnography can be synthesized with document-based policy analysis to assess secretive government policies in severely access-restricted contexts. It outlines ‘Investigative ...